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Barley-mow

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A heap of barley housed, or where it is housed. (Anglo-Saxon, mowe, a heap; Italian, mucchio; Spanish, mucho.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Bargain
Bark
Barker
Barktan
Barlaham
Barley
Barley-bree
Barley Cap
Barleycorn
Barley-mow
Barley Sugar
Barmecide
Barmecide’s Feast
Barnabas
Barnabites
Barnaby Lecturers
Barnaby Rudge
Barnacle
Barnacles
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